Guest Editor PJW, Frankfort KY: We endured an exhausting several plane-change, red-eye flight to Barcelona, and arrived at our hotel at about 3 pm. Then we fell right to sleep. We woke up hungry at midnight, and wondered if we could find any all-night cafe within walking distance.

Just one block from the hotel, we were amazed by bright lights, crowds of strolling people, and every restaurant open and busy. We were informed that the city wakes up after its afternoon siesta and comes to life through the wee hours. That was our first impression of Barcelona: lively both day and night.

Have you ever wondered if anyone actually believed the old sales pitch, “Would you like to buy the Brooklyn Bridge?” Well, if you travel to the little Arizona town of Lake Havasu City, you’ll see evidence that a similar bridge sale actually happened.

Back in 1962, British officials decided the old, original London Bridge across the Thames River was, as the song says, falling down. It had been built in 1831 to carry horse carriages, but the continuous flow of modern auto and truck traffic was gradually sending it block by block into the river.

If on your next visit to Washington DC and happen to see President Barack Obama hanging out in front of a red sandstone building at 1025 F Street NW, don’t be surprised. But, on closer examination, you’ll discover he’s a dummy.

Despite what Republicans may call him, the figure is a real dummy. It’s a wax duplicate of the President set out there to induce people to cough up $25 each to enter the city’s Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum.

The original Madame Tussaud's has been in London since 1835. In addition to the Washington DC museum, which opened in 2007, there are branches in Amsterdam, Berlin, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Hollywood, New York City and Las Vegas.

In 1923, Sam, Jack, Harry and Albert Warner opened a modest silent movie studio on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. It grew through the years and is now a giant entertainment complex just a few miles up the freeway in Burbank.

If your travels include the Los Angeles area, be sure to save a day to take the nostalgic Warner Brothers Studio Tour. There are various tour packages, and tickets cost from about $62 per adult and $52 for kids under 13.

The tours include actual visits to current movie and TV sets and sound stages, as well as buildings, costumes and artifacts that date back to the early days. Nostalgic seniors can fondly recall the roster of great Warner Brothers stars of the past, including Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Burt Lancaster and many, many others. For more info, wbstudiotour.com